title: Databases and outcomes in congenital cardiac anesthesia.
abstract: Anesthesia practitioners have long been at the forefront of patient safety initiatives in the operating room and beyond. The Congenital Cardiac Anesthesia Society has partnered with the Society of Thoracic Surgeons Congenital Heart Surgery Database to develop a patient registry for patients with congenital heart defects in order to determine patient outcomes related to anesthesia in this high-risk population. A review of existing database efforts is also undertaken to determine their strengths and weaknesses.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatrics and Anesthesia, Pediatric Cardiovascular Anesthesia Section, Baylor College of Medicine, Texas Children's Hospital, Houston, TX, USA.
authors.forename: Lisa
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Caplan
authors.forename: David F
authors.initials: DF
authors.lastname: Vener
keywords: and research); anesthesia (includes agents; care; congenital heart disease (CHD); congenital heart surgery; database (all types); outcomes (includes mortality and morbidity); patient safety; pharmacology